Class Notes

1982

Nov/Dec 2001 Rick Bercuvitz, Mark Soane
Class Notes
1982
Nov/Dec 2001 Rick Bercuvitz, Mark Soane

After a week in dance camp, dancing with wild abandon until 3 a.m. nightly with other like-minded spirits who refuse to grow old and enjoying the all-nude waterfront (dedicated readers—note this recurring theme), it's back to the grind for your adventuresome secretary.

Jean Bina informs us that Corey Pawlak competed in a Seattle area women's triathlon and finished in the top 10 percent out of a huge field of entrants. "She's still a lean, mean, fighting machine (especially when she's parenting their three adorable children, and running the local school board!)."

Lee Apgar is a senior vice president at Greenwich Capital Markets in Boston. Lee was formerly with Salomon Brothers and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette.

Nathan Longan has left his position as a tenured professor to take a new job as resident director of the Council on International Educational Exchange in St. Petersburg, Russia. He recently spent a week in the Crimea, where ATM machines work 24 hours a day but water runs only four days a week. Nathan is part of a group of '82s who get together every couple of years, including Hal Sandstrom, Chuck Luce, Dan Kamin, Mary Kevin Dolan, Mary Sarazen, Emily Bakemeier, Thor Malek, Joanne McMullen,Lauren Chestnut and Ashley Weinert.

The irrepressible Matt Yee is in the Caribbean, performing on cruise ships: "I hardly work at all, the audiences love me and I get to eat three buffets a day. It's a blast." Matt would like to organize a reunion on one of the ships. Find him at www.mattyee.com.

Leslie Fleming is doing marketing consulting and looking for a marketing position in the Bay Area. She recently suffered the fate of many in the digital economy as the Web startup for which she worked went under.

Tom Burack and wife Emilie are expecting No.1 to arrive in November. They recently visited with Steve Burnham (back for a couple weeks from Turkey), Scrib Fauver, Kevin Peterson and Nancy and Brian Bowler-Goeselt. Tom portrayed John James Audubon for the New Hampshire Humanities Council Chautauqua this summer, including tent performances in Hanover, Keene and Portsmouth.

Mark Bunker crossed paths recently with exthayer school roommate and fellow ski jumper Frank Melville. Frank and spouse Mari Young '83 live outside of Denver with their two young children. After building then selling his own software company, Frank is now a software architect and tech consultant. Frank often visits nearby Aspen (his hometown). Mark lives outside Boston with wife Shetyl (Brown '82) and kids Lydia (11) and David (8). He works in technology for Fidelity on the systems side. "We are planning our second AMC 'hut hop' of the summer in the White Mountains. Hope to see some Dartmouth T-shirts along the way!"

Kevin Hulslander is a partner at a law firm in Syracuse. He and wife Kelly have two children, Grace (16 months) and Josh (3 months). And how much sleep did you say you get, Kevin?!

Just received a press release for Rock of Ages,Sands of Time, with text by Warren Allmon, an illustrated history of life on Earth. Warren is director of the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca.

Rolan Joni Young is a partner in a New Haven law firm. She specializes in public law, affordable housing and community development, and was formerly general counsel to the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven.

And as for yours truly, I'm in Montreal working on a Ph.D. in management, teaching nonprofit management to M.B.A. students, working with friends running a medical software company and dancing whenever I get the chance. Get in touch if ever you come to the Great White North, eh? Please send us your current e-mail addresses!

1889 Workman St, Montreal,QC, Canada H3J2P1; (514) 931-9258; rick@medesys.net; 3260 East Floyd Drive,Denver, CO 80210; (303) 692-0946; msoane@questcapitalpartnership.com